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Maine police officials say a man in Ellsworth has been shot after an 18-hour stand-off with police.

Maine police spokesman Stephen McCausland says the 50-year-old Jeffrey Bernard man was shot by a state trooper at about 6:30 Sunday morning. He said Bernard was taken to Eastern Maine Medical Center, where he was still undergoing surgery Sunday afternoon.

McCausland said Bernard was shot by Trooper Scott Duff — a 17-year veteran of the force and member of the tactical team.

Bernard's 56-year-old wife, Vicki Bernard, who was with him at the time of the shooting was not injured, police said.

The standoff began at about noon Saturday at a camper on North Main Street.

The Maine attorney general's office is investigating the shooting.

Police say the standoff was prompted by a theft on the property involving the people living in the camper. They say Barnard made threats against officers and also threatened to burn down the camper.

Route 179 was closed to traffic for more than 6 hours while state police negotiators attempted to end the standoff. Nearby residents were also evacuated as a precaution and power was cut to surrounding homes.

McCausland says the attorney general's office has sent a team of investigators to the scene.

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